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What is the length of the altitude of the equilateral triangle below?

What is the length of the altitude of the equilateral triangle below?-example-1
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\bf \textit{height or altitude of an equilateral triangle}\\\\ h=\cfrac{s√(3)}{2}~~ \begin{cases} s=\stackrel{length~of}{a~side}\\ \cline{1-1} s=8√(3) \end{cases}\implies h=\cfrac{8√(3)\cdot √(3)}{2}\implies h=\cfrac{8√(3^2)}{2} \\\\\\ h=4\cdot 3\implies h=12

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